Mu Qingge untied her coat and draped it over her body. She took off the hairpin that she had casually used to pin her hair with and pretended to get up in a hurry to leave the room.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"The ancestral hall is on fire."

Mu Qingge stared. "The ancestral hall is on fire? Is she still there? Is she all right?"

"Not only Second Miss, but also your maid is in the ancestral hall."

"Who?" Mu Qingge suddenly paused. "Lv Zhu?"

Mu Qingge turned to look at the side room and said, "Lv Zhu is indeed not in the side room, but why is she in the ancestral hall? What is she doing there?"

"I don't know. Master and Aunt Liu have arrived. They asked me to invite you over."

Mu Qingge quickly put on her clothes and walked out of the door.

As soon as she walked to the main courtyard, she saw that Shen Weilan had also been woken up. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"The ancestral hall is on fire. A servant came to report that Lv Zhu is also in the ancestral hall for some reason. I'll go and have a look."

Shen Weilan frowned. "Lv Zhu is in the ancestral hall? What's going on? Why don't you take Fu Rong with you."

"No." Mu Qingge quickly said, "Mother, you're still in confinement. Don't come out for a walk. Go back to your room. I'll be back soon. Everything will be fine."

Shen Weilan felt that this matter was not that simple, but she was indeed in her confinement period, so it was not convenient for her to do anything. She could only remind her in a low voice, "Be careful. If there is anything wrong, just call someone over and tell me."

"Well, okay."

Mu Qingge followed the servant to the ancestral hall, where the fire had been put out. Only Mu Yanjing, her maid, and Lv Zhu were left kneeling in the open space in front of the ancestral hall. Their hair was disheveled and their faces were dirty. They all looked very embarrassed.

Seeing her coming over, Mu Yanjing immediately said, "Dad, it's really Mu Qingge who did it!"

"I was kneeling in the ancestral hall to repent, but her maid, Lv Zhu, sneaked in and was about to set it on fire."

"Fortunately, I was alert and noticed it. We quickly stopped Lv Zhu, and she was about to run away. We fought together, and hurriedly called for help, so I called the servant on duty in the mansion."

"Father, we've caught her red-handed. Let's see what else Elder Sister has to say."

Aunt Liu stirred up trouble. Holding an embroidered handkerchief, she was about to cry. "My Yanjing is so miserable. Not only has she been tarnished, but someone also wants to burn her to death. How cruel that person is."

Looking at the burnt ancestral hall and listening to the cries of Aunt Liu and her daughter, Mu Changyun felt a headache.

"All of you, shut up!"

Mu Qingge took a few steps forward and greeted Mu Changyun, "Father."

Mu Changyun took a deep breath and turned to look at her. "The ancestral hall is on fire. Yanjing said that you instructed your maid to set the fire. What do you think of this?"

"Me?" Mu Qingge blinked and said blankly, "I don't know what happened at all."

After saying that, Mu Qingge turned to look at Lv Zhu, who was kneeling nearby. "Lv Zhu, what is going on here? Why are you awake in the middle of the night and what were you doing here? Did you start the fire?"

Lv Zhu bit her lip and carefully raised her eyes, just meeting the warning eyes of Aunt Liu.

Lv Zhu trembled and thought of what Mu Yanjing had said before.

"If you help me this time and say that it was Mu Qingge who asked you to set the fire, I can forgive you for betraying me before and guarantee your safety. At that time, I will give you enough money and ask someone to send you out of the mansion. Then you will be free. You don't have to be a lowly maid and have a good life."

"But if you don't do as I say, my mother is still in charge of the back house of the Mu family. There are thousands of ways for me to kill you. Let's see if Mu Qingge can protect you."

Lv Zhu took a deep breath and raised her head. "Yes, First Miss asked me to set it on fire."

Mu Yanjing raised the corner of her mouth slightly, but quickly suppressed it. "Father, look, it's Mu Qingge. She's so vicious! I have been in such a state, but she still wants to kill me. Moreover, she was so bold that she set fire to the ancestral hall. This is the ancestral hall of the Mu family. How dare she?"

"Not only did she send someone to set fire to the ancestral hall, but she also wanted to frame me. If we hadn't risked our lives to catch this bitch who set the fire, everyone would have thought that I set the fire."

"After all, only I and my maid were in the ancestral hall at that time."

Mu Changyun's temples throbbed visibly as he walked up to Mu Qingge and slapped her "You truly have the audacity! Kneel down! What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Pa!" It was extremely painful.

Mu Qingge took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, lowered her eyes, and knelt in the direction of the ancestral hall. Her eyelashes trembled slightly. "Father, are you going to suspect me just because they said a few words? Was I crazy? Why did I burn the ancestral hall?"

"Father, I'm the eldest legitimate daughter of the Mu family. I'm also the only one among your children who has been recorded in the pedigree and entered the ancestral hall. Burning the ancestral hall is not good for me."

"Earlier today, the same thing happened. Yanjing and Aunt Liu were quick to slander me with just a few words. My mother has just given birth to the legitimate heir of the household, and yet so many troubles have arisen."

"I cannot help but suspect that someone is displeased with my mother giving birth to a legitimate son for Father, intentionally plotting against both me and my mother."

Mu Changyun frowned. What Mu Qingge said seemed to make sense.

However...

"But your maid said it herself. How could it be false?"

Mu Qingge looked aggrieved. "My maid might have been bribed and given false testimony."

Mu Qingge turned to look at Lv Zhu and said, "Since she said that I was the one who ordered her to set the fire, I'd like to ask her about it."

"How did you set the fire? Where did you set it on fire? Where did the fire come from?"

"It's a big crime to set a fire. Are you willing to do it just because I asked you to? What benefits did I give you? When did I order you to set a fire here? Since I asked you to set a fire, you should have prepared tools in advance, right? You have to set fire to it, right? What kind of tool did you use to set a fire?"

There was a flash of panic in Lv Zhu's eyes. Mu Qingge turned to look at Mu Yanjing and said, "Yanjing, you said that you found Lv Zhu and asked your maid to catch Lv Zhu. Can you tell me where Lv Zhu stood when you found her? How did she set the fire? Where did the fire come from?"

Mu Yanjing was about to speak when she was interrupted by Mu Qingge. "Don't answer now. Father, get someone to write it down with a pen and paper. I want to see if the three of them have the same statement and if they are lying."